Brick BBQ Construction Project

[AndyM]

Here are a couple of pictures of Don's grills...

Picture 1

Picture 2

[fivestring]

Hey, Andy.....
how's that pond out front? [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Put some bass and walleye in it and I'll come fish!!!!

[AndyM]

The "pond" is all dry, Gary... [img]/forums/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]
Lots of drain pipe and 52 tons of gravel later, and I have no more flooding problem in the front yard. I only have one angry duck living in the willow tree because I destroyed her habitat. [img]/forums/images/icons/crazy.gif[/img]

[smithla]

Good thing your not in Florida, distroying wetlands will get you a trip to jail, and lots of fines...............

Have a great day, Les

[Pat]

WELL!! That didn't leave much to be said about brick BBQ for the back yard... Except maybe... I have seen a brick back yard BBQ that was essentially a storage unit. The overhang of the countertop helped weatherize the "cabinet" doors, protecting them from water running in at the top. The builder (DIY homeowner) was also concerned regarding the transient nature of BBQ designs, their longevity, and the like. He built in a large access pannel in the back side of the unit to allow removing and replacing the the "guts" which was a partially dissassembled rollaround gas BBQ. The opening in the counter was oversized and made to fit by using inserts to adapt thte current BBQ unit to the oversize fixed opening in the counter top.

Sounds messy but looked and worked real good. The adaptor/spacer thingy was reminiscent of those used in sewing machine cabinets. His were made of aluminum but they could have been some other material. He commented that he had originally intended to cover the aluminum with tile matching the counter top but just never got around to it and got used to the aluminum as is top. Looked fine to me.

The bottom like is that he wasn't rigidly locked in to specific dimensions and the BBQ unit could be changed out for a similar but not neccessarily the exact same size unit.

The brick was left over from his house. He didn't use any firebrick. I'm not sure what the armature was or if there was one but his idea could certainly be redone along the lines of the aluminum frame with fibercement covering as an armature.

I don't have enougn left over brick to even make a decent hibachi holder, they cut it that close. My wiffe muttered something about getting more brick and making a BBQ. Now I have some good info on that thanks to this thread.

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[LazyJ_Arabians]

Here's the brick pit I admire:

Wilbur D. Hog

[smithla]

Now that is a worth while project. I think I just may tackle that, down the road, as right now I'm getting ready to put down 1200 square feet of harwood, and 1700 square feet of tile, my back hurts just thinking about it.

Brick almost completed on the house.

I appreciate the URL, Les